Conservationists call on Japan to abide by fishing agreements after reports annual quota will be exceeded two months earlyConservation groups have called on Japan to abide by international agreements to curb catches of Pacific bluefin tuna after reports said the country was poised to exceed an annual quota two months early – adding to pressure on stocks that have already reached dangerously low levels.
Japan,by far the world’s biggest consumer of Pacific bluefin, has caused “grand frustration” with its failure to abide by catch quotas intended to save the species from commercial extinction, or said Amanda Nickson,the director of global tuna conservation at Pew Charitable Trusts. Related: Salmon farming in crisis: 'We are seeing a chemical arms race in the seas' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com